Firefox 2 Available ...

[Tiger Jones]

I installed v2 yesterday. Didn't bother to uninstall the previous version and it only had a problem with one plug-in - one I'd forgotten was there and probably used once.

I didn't like the way the tabs had a close button on each window - I was too used to having the single X at the end and found myself closing windows I'd just opened! Found a fix for that though so that's good.

I like the 'recently closed tabs' function - came in hand for the above problem lol

[blueivy]

I installed v2 yesterday. Didn't bother to uninstall the previous version and it only had a problem with one plug-in - one I'd forgotten was there and probably used once.

I didn't like the way the tabs had a close button on each window - I was too used to having the single X at the end and found myself closing windows I'd just opened! Found a fix for that though so that's good.

I like the 'recently closed tabs' function - came in hand for the above problem lol

When I installed Firefox 2 there were (and still are) 4 disabled plug-ins that weren't compatible with the new version.

I agree with you about the tabs. I've no idea why they got rid of the X at the end as it was handy. Would appreciate it if you could let me have the tweak to make this reappear!

If you are working with the tabs a lot, look out for a plug-in called Tabs Mix Plus. Has many many options for working with tabs. Check out the developers comments for the new plug-in (the second one in the list (the html file) is the one that worked for me). The one thing it does fix is that when you open many windows they can appear in multiple rows. I usually have a lot of windows and the scrolling buttons just annoyed me. Finally it also allows multiple undo for closed tabs (user definable number).

I'd also check out the recommended plug-ins page. I listen to a lot of Internet Radio when in the office so FoxyTunes is very useful.

[Mr_Me19]

I agree with you about the tabs. I've no idea why they got rid of the X at the end as it was handy. Would appreciate it if you could let me have the tweak to make this reappear!

All you have to do for this is open firefox and in the url bar type "about:config" then scroll down to "browser.tabs.closeButtons2 and change the value to "3" by right clicking and then clicking modify. This will put the cross back to the right hand side. Hope this helps!

[blueivy]

All you have to do for this is open firefox and in the url bar type "about:config" then scroll down to "browser.tabs.closeButtons2 and change the value to "3" by right clicking and then clicking modify. This will put the cross back to the right hand side. Hope this helps!

Doesn't work for me - no button at the right hand side ...!

[Tiger Jones]

Strange it didn't work for you, Paul. Did it actually come up with; browser.tabs.closeButtons so you could modify it?

[blueivy]

Strange it didn't work for you, Paul. Did it actually come up with; browser.tabs.closeButtons so you could modify it?

Hi Graham,

Yep, it came up with it (I think it was set to 1 initially) and I modified it to 3 but no joy ... it now shows as:

user set integer 3

[Tiger Jones]

I take you closed and then re-opened Firefox? I just tried a tweak to remove the tab bar scrolling effort and it didn't take effect until I'd restarted FF.

[blueivy]

I take you closed and then re-opened Firefox? I just tried a tweak to remove the tab bar scrolling effort and it didn't take effect until I'd restarted FF.

Yep. Closed and opened several times (just in case). Made sure it closed itself properly and wasn't quietly sitting in the background (by using Task Manager). Nothing.

[Tiger Jones]

Yep. Closed and opened several times (just in case). Made sure it closed itself properly and wasn't quietly sitting in the background (by using Task Manager). Nothing.

That's a pity. Do you reckon it could be an add-on that's interfering? I don't see why it should, personally. Just another thought.

[Colin Manson]

Worked fine for me but now I've gone back to 1, looking for an option to do both 1 and 3.

There is an article about it - here

[blueivy]

That's a pity. Do you reckon it could be an add-on that's interfering? I don't see why it should, personally. Just another thought.

It could be. The only one I can think of is Tab Mix Plus (as it plays around with tabs). After having a play around with it I noticed that it has an option to display a Close Tab button at the end so I enabled this and it's there ....

I got what I wanted just not the way I thought I was going to get it ...